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Freitag Februar 08, 2008

Users demand support for OpenOffice.org
I just came across the following announcement which clearly shows the strong momentum around OpenOffice.org, i.e. user demand is driving vendor support for OpenOffice.org:

"QualityLogic (www.qualitylogic.com), a provider of leading-edge QA and QC test tools and services for the imaging and telecom industries, has released test files for the first of several planned applications found in OpenOffice.org 2. Test files are now available for "Writer" and "Draw." "Impress" is in development, and additional applications are planned.

QualityLogic has been developing test files for popular Windows applications for over 20 years. These files are used by printer companies to ensure compatibility between their printers and the applications their customers use, and by software companies whose applications convert one file format to another. They are also used by Fortune 1000, government, education and healthcare companies to help make printer and software purchasing decisions. The popularity of the OpenOffice.org office suite has created a need within these companies for sophisticated test files similar to those QualityLogic has developed for Windows applications."

The full announcement can be found here. Many other solutions complementary to OpenOffice.org are listed on this wiki page.
( Feb 08 2008, 10:28:25 AM CET ) Permalink

About OpenOffice.org usage in India
"Coming to Open Source on the desktop, while desktop Linux remains kludgy, OpenOffice.org is doing just fine. Various estimates put it at anything between 10 and 20% of the market. I think that usage is higher. In India, at least, many large organizations have put the bulk of their users on OpenOffice restricting Microsoft Office to a handful of people who interact with the outside world."
Found here.
( Feb 08 2008, 10:21:31 AM CET ) Permalink

OpenOffice.org on CNET TV
OpenOffice.org is being mentioned as the top download of 2007 in this CNET TV video. Really cool!
( Feb 08 2008, 10:15:56 AM CET ) Permalink